XU CONTEIS^TS. 



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— Four Bison in Five Shots. — The Bison as an Antagonist. — Mr. 

 Morgan's Encounter with a Wounded Bull. —A Close Shave. — A 

 Typical English Sportsman and his Battery. — How to Preserve a 

 Bison-skin for Mounting 182-193 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



A MEMORABLE ELEPHANT HUNT. 



A Run of 111 luck. — The Climax. — Strained Relation with an Official. 

 —The Turn of the Tide.— My Last Card.— An Official Favor.- 

 Permission to Kill a Tusker. — Move to Sungam. — A Memorable 

 Elephant Hunt. — A Bad Shot. — Dangerous Ground. — A Bold Ad- 

 vance and a Disorderly Retreat. — Mulcer Philosophy. — A Long 

 and Tiresome Chase. — Desperate Character of the Jungle. — Luck 

 at Last. — The Attack. — An Anxious Moment. — Victory. — The 

 Dead Tusker. — A Sell on the Mulcers. — Skinning a Xine-and- 

 a-half Foot Elephant. — The Modus Operandi. — Camp on the Field 

 of Battle. — Surrounded by Wild Beasts. — Getting up a Scare. — 

 Burning Bamboo. — A Tiger about. — An Accident. — Back to Sun- 

 gam. — A Mulcer Row. — Fever again. — Mutiny in Camp 194-207 



CHAPTER XIX. 



END OF THE ANIMALLAI CAMPAIGN, 



Balky Mulcers. — Work on the Elephant again. — Wild Beast versus 

 Tram 13 and Bui'glar. — My Mulcers go on a Strike. — Playing a 

 Lone Hand. — Bringing the Men to Terms. — A Bloodless but Com- 

 plete Victory. — Another Tiger about. — Treatment of the Elephant 

 Skin. — The March out to Sungam. — The Season. — The Last of 

 my Hunting Gang. — Descent from the Hills in a Storm. — Paradise 

 Lost. — Fever Again. — Good by to the Animallais. — My Collection 

 of Mammals 208-217 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 



Geographical Distribution. — Indian and African Species Compared. — ■ 

 The Ceylon Elephant.— The Capture of Wild Elephants.— Breed- 

 ing in Captivity. — Gestation of the Elephant. — Duration of Life. 

 — Growth and Height. — Size of Tusks. — Classes of Elephants. — 

 Uses. — T.able of Values. — Intellectual Capacity and Temper. — 

 Elephants at Work in a Timber Forest. — Feeding Elephants. — Cost 

 of Keeping. — "Must," or Temporary Insanity — '"Rogue" Ele- 

 phants. — How an Elephant Kills a Man. — Swimming Power of 

 Elephants 218-234 



